1903 The Flowing Bowl by Edward Spencer

426 THE FLOWING BOWL be placed in their way. And this is the rnethod of procedure, the potation being occasionally varied, which succeeded all the troubles of the friends :— " So to keep up their good humour they stopped at the first roadside tavern they came to —this was after the punch and pound incident " and ordered a glass of brandy-and-water all round, with a magnum of extra strength for Mr. Samuel Weller."